mesopore

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Hellenic *métsos

Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der.

English meso-

English pore

English mesopore

From meso- + pore.

Noun

mesopore (plural mesopores)

1. Any pore of moderate size, but especially those between about 2 and 50 nanometers in width
2. (chemistry) A pore with size between 2 and 50 nanometers.

See also

• macropore
• micropore